EP 2422860 A3 20120829 - Condensation process and condenser

Title (en)

Condensation process and condenser

Title (de)

Kondensationsverfahren und Kondensator

Title (fr)

Procédé de condensation et condensateur

Publication

EP 2422860 A3 20120829 (EN)

Application

EP 11008452 A 20040407

Priority

EP 04726202 A 20040407
GB 0308657 A 20030415

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2004091752A1] A condenser and a containment vessel adapted to efficiently condense a gas out of a mixture of condensing and non-condensing gases. In condensers, the fraction of gas within a condenser made up of non-condensing gases can be significantly reduced by withdrawing gas from localised regions of relatively low temperature where the mass fraction of non-condensing gases will be relatively high. In containment vessels, pressures can be reduced by providing a large surface area of the liquid into which the condensing gas condenses in a relatively cool region of the containment vessel. Both these effects result from an appreciation of the manner in which non-condensing gases tend to accumulate in regions which are relatively cold.

IPC 8 full level

B01D 53/00 (2006.01); B01D 5/00 (2006.01); B01D 53/26 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

B01D 5/0036 (2013.01 - EP US); B01D 5/0093 (2013.01 - EP US); B01D 53/002 (2013.01 - EP US); B01D 53/265 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10S 55/15 (2013.01 - EP); Y10S 165/207 (2013.01 - EP)

Citation (search report)

[X] EP 0553706 A1 19930804 - SEILER WOLFRAM [DE], et al
[X] EP 0856714 A2 19980805 - LINDE AG [DE]
[A] EP 0691156 A2 19960110 - BABCOCK & WILCOX CO [US]
[A] US 5231836 A 19930803 - SAARI RISTO [FI]
[A] US 3884768 A 19750520 - GRIFFITH JOSEPH W
[A] DE 4239021 A1 19940526 - LINDE KCA DRESDEN GMBH [DE]
[A] GB 669104 A 19520326 - HANS BERNHARD SEEBOHM

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2004091752 A1 20041028; EP 1613412 A1 20060111; EP 1613412 B1 20121024; EP 2422860 A2 20120229; EP 2422860 A3 20120829; GB 0308657 D0 20030521; US 2007089445 A1 20070426; US 2010307192 A1 20101209; US 7780767 B2 20100824; US 8092580 B2 20120110

DOCDB simple family (application)

GB 2004001511 W 20040407; EP 04726202 A 20040407; EP 11008452 A 20040407; GB 0308657 A 20030415; US 55354104 A 20040407; US 85674410 A 20100816